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C. E. MGDUWELL. G01N CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

Patented July 14, 1896,

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G01N GONTROLLBD VBNDING MACHINE.

No. 563,789. Patented July 14', 1896.

@fMi-il 5. Qmmff UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES E. MCDOVELL, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY XV. GENNERIGH, OF SAME PLAGE. u

COIN-CONTROLLED VENrDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,789, dated July 14, 1896.

Application led February 26,1896. Serial No. 580,877. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that LCHARLEs E. McDowELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Controlled Vending-,Machinesg and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this Specification.

In describing my invention l call attention to the fact that, classified as it 4is among the numerous vending apparatus of the last few years, and consequently possessing the attributes of those having a coin passing through a slot and unlocking a delivery-plate presenting some article of merchandise thereon, it possesses novelty in one important respectviz. in the revolving axialrrnotion of the iniddle storage part of the apparatus, which naturally results in the unlocking device being constructed and adapted to such revolving motion, making it in the mechanical details different from any other construction known to date, although the principle may be the saine as in other unlocking devices of this class.

ln connection with this above statement I dare, therefore, safely assume that I present to the public a new .vending apparatus embodying a novel construction mechanically simple and, architecturally speakin g, attractive to the eye, the description of which'I shall now proceed with, and in so doing refer to the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

Figure l presents a side view of my revolving vending apparatus, broken through and shown in section to illustrate its axial motion. Fig. 2 is a side view of the delivery-plate.-

Fig. 3 isa top view` of Fig. 1, lthe top part A and middle revolving part B lifted 6E, so as to give a clear view of the unlockingdevice.

Fig. 4 is a side view of said unlocking device.v

Fig. 5 is a top view of Fig. 6,v Fig. 64 is a side view of the arm E, which pushes the coin forward. Fig. 7 is atop view of the unlockinglever D. Fig. S is a side view of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a top View of the lower seat, on which the middle part rests; and Fig. l0 is a side view 55 of Fig.V 9.

The apparatus consists of three main parts, the top A or pyramidabshaped roof, the middle or storage part B, and the pedestal or bottom part C. The external shape is ten-sided, 6o as seen in Fig. .3, but can of course be constructed with as many sides as will be found convenient; in fact, to suit the number of articles exposed for delivery. In this case'therc are five spaces partitioned 0E by the triangular blocks of wood, (indicated by dotted lines marked F in Fig. 3,) each of said blocks being attached to an arm F `at the top and an arm F2 at the bottom, these arms cast, respectively, around a vring or bush F3 at the top and abush F4 at the bottom, thus forming the framework of the middle part, and in these spaces the boxes containing the ven dible articles are stacked on top of eachother, and when the middle part, as will be explained later on, is revolved around the hollow stem G, any desired storage-space will allow the article desired to be extracted by the delivery-plate Il, when such space is stopped over the said delivery-plate.

The top part A has a cap A iitting over the top of the hollow stern G, suitably secured to the said sterniand by a padlock fitted in two eyes, one eye on the cap A' and thel other on the top A, so as to lock cap A', -top A, and stem G together. Top A rests on a pin A2,

iitted into stem G,with enough space between A and B to permit B to have free-revolving motion. y

The middle part B, as before stated, consists of the five blocks marked F, secured between Yfive arms F' an'd F2, cast on the bushes F3 and F4', forming thus a compact body that revolves around the stem G, and having the vendible article inclosed in boxes, stacked in the spaces between the blocka F, said boxes resting on plate I, which, as will be seen in Fig. 3, is ribbed, so as to-present as little friction as possible to the boxes, and on a level with this plate I is a delivery-plate H, which, when given the necessary motion, will draw out a box from underneath the pile resting on it IOO of the five lugs B2, attached to the lower ringv B3, which forms part of the part B. v

The pedestal. or lower part C is hollow and contains the mechanism which operates so as to unlock the delivery-plate II onthe dropping of a coin through the slot A3 in the top part A,which coin is directed in its course by a iiat tube G', with a mouthpiece G2 adjacent to the slot A3, reaching down through the stem middle or storage =G to a receiver L, where the coin is stopped until pushed forward by a lug E on the arm E, when it will raise the arm D2 of the lever D, and in so doing depress the arm D', having the lug D3 at the end, thus permitting delivery-plate H to be pushed inward to receive a box.

The whole coin-operating mechanism consists of the following parts: The ribbed plate I is attached to the pedestal C by f'our lugs I, resting on four lugs I2, cast onpedestal C and held down there by screws. Attached to the plate I there are four lugs L', two on each side of delivery-plate H, on which lugs the plate H slides` Said plate H has furthermore aitached to it an arm E, secured by a screw H2 to a projection H', cast on plate H, the other end of arm E being supported on a downward-extending ri-b H3, forming part of plate H. Said arm E has a lug E', which passes in through the slots or jaws L3 of receiver L, so that it can press the coin forward when pushed forward in connection with plate H. Pivoted to receiver L is a lever D, having two arms D and D2, D' furnished with a projection D3, extending upward, and in its natural position acting as a stop to plate H. In other words, when the receiver L contains no coin for arm E and lug E' to push forward, no force actson lever D and lug D3 remains stationary, as in the position shown in Fig. 4. other hand, the coin has been inserted and lies in the direction of arrow, arm E, attached as it is to plate H and following its movements,

ward until it, with its own curved circumference, bears against a round surface D4 on arm D2 of lever D, which will raise said arm D2 and depress the other arm, D', having D3 at the end, and .as a consequence depress projection D8 underneath plate H, which will then pass over 'it and in so doing bring out on its'return a box on the part of delivery-plate, (marked J. In order that the plate H can resume its po.- sition, a contraction-spring M is secured to If, however, on the the end of plate H3 at M" and to the ribbed plate I at M2, a downward-projecting piece M3 being cast in plate I to that end. An expansion-spring P is furthermore located in receiver L, acting with a downward pressure on arm D2 of lever D, leaving lug D3 in the elongated notch in the delivery-plate Hin engagement with one end of said notch, thus preventing delivery-plate H from being pushed inward and from acting until a coin has passed into receiver L. VAs it has been necessary to explain the working order of this apparatus in connection with its mechanical elements, only a brief view of its whole modus operandi' is necessary. Each compartment or space, of which there are ve in this instance, but of Vwhich no lesser or no greater number will alter the constr notional principle in this apparatus, is labeled with the name of some vendible substance, and the purchaser, after having ,selected his article, revolves, by the aid of one of the lugs B2, the middle storage part until the compartment containing the article desired by him is opposite to and above the delivery-plate, whereupon he pushes deliveryplate H inward toward the center of thye apparatus, and in so doing, by the aid of the before-mentioned elements, depresses the lug D3 and brings' out the bottom box of the stack already resting on plate H, on the space .I of said plate. yThev coin, after having performed its function in raising arm .D2 of lever I), drops into a receptacle Q, Fig. l, which receptacle can be removed by unlocking apart of the pedestal C, at V, furnished with a lock WV to that purpose. There is a checking system arranged in 'connection with the delivery-plate H, whereby it can be proved that to the exact amount of boxes placed in the apparatus there must correspond. exactly the same amount of coins. The component elements of this construction are the following: Pivoted to the upper side of receiver L is a ratchet S, gearing into a row of teeth T. Said ratclet S bears against a spring U,attached to rccei er L, thus'being the means of preventing, when the coin is once drgpped into receiver L, the deliveryplate H from being drawn backward, `and will only permit a retrograde movement when the whole row of teeth have passed ratchet S, proving thus that no coin can have been dropped into the apparatus except a box must necessarilybe delivered. in the receiver L, and the plate H is pushed 1 Having thus Adescribed my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire'to secure to myself l l by Letters Patent, iswill, by the aid of lug E', push the coin for- 1. In a coin-controlled vending apparatus of the character set forth, the combination of the pedestal having a centrally-located axial I hollow stem, furnished with a coin receiver l and controller at its bottom end, and having roo IIO

extension of the hollow stem,`notched for the purposes as set forth, a top supported on a projection extending from the hollow stem,

and locked to the said stem by a cap, substantially as illustrated and described, all for the purposes as set forth. I

2. In a coin-controlled vending apparatus of the character set forth, consisting of a pedestal having a centrally-locatedaxial hollow stern, a middle storage part secured to and revolvng around said hollow stem,and a top covering said middle part and locking the three parts together by a cap attached to the top of the hollow stem, the pedestal having 4a ribbed plate secured to it, a delivery=plate ona level with said ribbed plate, sliding in guides attached to the plate, aooinaeceiver attached to one side of the ribbed plate and a vertical hollow stem to the other, for the purposes as set forth, all substantially as illustrated and described.

3. In a coin-controlled vending apparatus of the character set forth, consisting of a pedestal having a centrally-located axial hollow stem, a; middle storage part secured to and revfolvingy around isaid hollow stem, andra top` covering, not touching said middle part and the jaws ofthe coin controller and receiver,

and having -a contraction-spring attached whose other end is secured to the pedestal, and a lever pivoted to the coin receiver and controller, one arm of which lever is by a spring pressed down over the receiver or controller, the other interposed between the delivery-plate and the ribbed plate until acted upon, substantially as illustrated and described, for the purposes as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of February, 1896.

CHARLES E. MCDOVELL.

lVitnesses:

AUGUST M. TREscHoW, .A. V. BEEKEN. 

